The Thinking Effect by Vaughan Michael

Author:Vaughan, Michael
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Published: 2013-04-10T04:00:00+00:00

NEURAL LEADERSHIP

Understanding the need for fairness

After ten years of watching participants battle it out in simulations, I am convinced that people will fight for fairness above glory. Let me clarify. Teams will be very competitive and do what it takes to win. However, teams cannot achieve unanimity until all members feel they have been treated fairly. Now, individuals may give in or agree to disagree so that their team might go on to victory, but in doing so, the team as a whole will have lost the larger battle. Unless the underlying need for fairness is established and upheld for everybody, nobody wins.

Neuroscientists have discovered that when people feel as though they have been treated unfairly, there is activity in the amygdala, which performs a primary role in the processing of memory and emotional reactions. Inidivuals will remember being treated unfairly when they interact in a similar situation or with a similar person. People don’t have to go far to recall a time or two when they felt as though they were treated with disrespect, were not listened to, were overlooked, or were labeled and put into an invisible box. The feeling of fairness is so important to the brain’s well-being that a person may choose fairness over other external rewards. Understanding this innate need is helpful in creating relationships that focus on respect, acceptance, and equality.

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